JOHN LEE COX
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Officer Rank: Game Warden
Memorial Panel: 16-W: 28
Department: Virginia Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries
End of Watch: June 28, 1931
Cause: SHOT
Age: 40
Years of Service: 10
Description: Game Warden Cox was ambushed and shot as he drove towards the Guest river area to investigate a tip that he had received. Officials later concluded that the tip was a ruse to lure Warden Cox alone to an isolated location.
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